My Reef Creations polishes the design of their calcium reactor

My Reef Creations has been brandishing a slew of production activity lately and they’re back at it again, this time with some design polishes to their CR-2 calcium reactor. The new design features rounded corners, beveled edges, a convex front…

My Reef Creations commercial scale industrial skimmers

A new industrial/commercial scale protein skimmer has just been unveiled by the acrylicsmiths over at My Reef Creations. Although we snuck a peak at some of these skimmers during our southern aquarium tour, MRC has finalized the design and construction…

Custom DIY for Elos E-lite LED supplementation

A DIY took it upon himself to mount a custom LED to his existing E-lite, except that these LED’s are controlable, a feature that he was missing in the original E-Lite. He goes on to describe in his own words:…

DIY: LED lighting fixture for a nano aquarium

With most of us still wanting a LED light project of some sort, one of the only routes to go is the do-it-yourself option. Yamato decided to take it upon himself to construct a LED light fixture from scratch and…

Blue Collar Reefing: Putting Knowledge First

Blue Collar Reefing is a new column by Brian Blank which explores the finer points of being a resourceful reefer. Brian is actively investigating the Blue Collar Reefing Philosophy on Ocean@Home and he will occasionally drop in to share his…

Robot Fish army will be used to detect pollution, then take over the seas

British robotics team has unveiled new fish robots which are very lifelike and the are designed to happily swim around and detect water pollution with their koi-style whiskers.  Don’t let the bejeweled piscine machine fool you about it’s true intentions.…

Ecotech Marine speaks to Reef Builders about the nano-coating magic trick

Following on yesterday’s revelation about Ecotech Marine’s work with nano materials, we were fortunate to get some face time with NanoSystems director and EM co-founder Patrick Clausen. Are you a fan of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)? If not you are about…

Big trouble brewing for the future of aquarium LEDs

Well we started hearing murmurs of trouble brewing at PFO and our investigation has revealed some startling news which will affect the future of all LEDs for aquarium use. The story all began when we were informed that PFO Lighting,…

Hands on with Aqua Illumination LED

A Reef Builders got to spend some time with the new Aqua Illumination LED lighting unit the other day and in doing so got a nice hands on review with the unit. Our reviewer didn’t like the docking system, but…

Scribbled Angelfish saltwater fish profile

The Scribble angelfish known as chaetodontoplus duboulayi as the scientific name. Most of theses fish are exported though Australia and therefore shipped very quickly. Because of this we get vibrant imports, however because of this these are expensive fish to…